Petty Officer 2nd Class Lamonte Hammond and Petty Officer 3rd Class Simon Trujillo treat a Marine who was wounded.
U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Lamonte Hammond and Petty Officer 3rd Class Simon Trujillo with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment treat a Marine who was wounded during a firefight in the Nawa district of Helmand province, Afghanistan, on Aug. 14, 2009. Navy corpsmen are first responders to wounded Marines on the battlefield. The battalion is deployed with Regimental Combat Team 3 to conduct counter insurgency operations in partnership with Afghan National Security Forces in southern Afghanistan.